Student missionaries at Casa Santa Familia de Nazaret are serving the community by building a rainwater drainage system and maintaining the hundreds of trees on the property during their mission trip to Costa Rica. Ursuline Academy of Dallas student Elsie Leon and Bishop Dunne Catholic School student Jett Thompson explain the projects that Catholic Diocese of Dallas missionaries are undertaking at Casa Santa Familia de Nazaret.
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John Paul II High School student Dairine Peden and Bishop Dunne Catholic School student Slade Thompson discuss helping with the infrastructure project at Pejibaye Centro while participating in the Catholic Diocese of Dallas mission trip to Costa Rica.
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Eight student missionaries from the Catholic Diocese of Dallas are assisting the Santa Cecilia community in Pejibaye during their Costa Rica Mission Trip. Marc Maalouf, a student from Cistercian Preparatory School, is one of the missionaries who has contributed to the creation of sidewalks around the perimeter of the small church.
Kaden Polachek, a rising senior at Bishop Dunne Catholic School, is one of the student missionaries from the Catholic Diocese of Dallas serving the Guadalupe community at Pejibaye. Standing in front of the Guadalupe work site, he explained one of the projects that the missionaries will be working on during the course of their mission trip.
This morning, missionaries from the Catholic Diocese of Dallas departed on a mission trip to San Isidro El General in Costa Rica. The missionary group included 48 students represented four Catholic high schools – John Paul II High School, Bishop Dunne Catholic School, Cistercian Preparatory School, and Ursuline Academy of Dallas – as well as 12 chaperones, two nurses, and three diocesan staff members. The group was accompanied by Father John Bayer, O. Cist., and Father Augustine Hoelke, O. Cist.
Before departing, a few student missionaries offered their reflections on what inspired them to participate in the mission trip.
Please pray that our missionaries let the Holy Spirit guide them and help them recognize the Lord’s face in those they encounter through prayer, fellowship, and service.
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High school seniors – including students from Ursuline Academy of Dallas, Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas, Bishop Lynch High School (Official), and John Paul II High School – returned to St. Rita Catholic School on Jan. 31 for the celebration of Mass as well as a time-honored school tradition that the students missed out on their eighth-grade year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Each year, St. Rita students line the hallways to clap and cheer as eighth-graders walk one last time through school prior to graduating. The Class of 2020 eighth-graders, however, did not get that opportunity as schools were operating remotely due to the pandemic. As part of this year’s Catholic Schools Week celebration, members of that class were welcomed back for the special Mass and their very “Clap Out” celebration.
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As part of the celebration of Catholic Schools Week 2024, students at Holy Family Catholic Academy in Irving on Jan. 29 walked to a nearby neighborhood park, picking up trash along the streets and in the park in an effort to give back to their community.
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Ordinations and graduations. Synod sessions and World Youth Day pilgrimages. And, of course, the elevation of the National Shrine Cathedral of Our Lady of Guadalupe. For the Diocese of Dallas, 2023 was busy year…and 2024 promises to be just as awesome. Want to keep up with all the happenings in the Catholic Diocese of Dallas? Ask your parish about having a subscription of The Texas Catholic delivered to your home. Also, check out www.TexasCatholic.com and be sure to follow us on social media channels at @texascatholic and Revista Católica Dallas. #texascatholic #dallascatholic #2023
Hundreds gathered on Sunday, Dec. 10, for an Our Lady of Guadalupe procession from the Bishops Art District to St. Cecilia Catholic Parish - Dallas for the second annual event sponsored by the parish. Auxiliary Bishop Greg Kelly offered a blessing for the pilgrims who were accompanied by Matachines dancing in honor of Our Lady. The procession ended with a gathering that included music and food.
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Bishop Edward J. Burns calls for prayers for peace in Holy Land
Bishop Edward J. Burns is calling for peace in the embattled Holy Land. As intense fighting continues in Jerusalem, the faithful of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas are asked to keep in prayer the people in the land where Jesus lived, died, and rose for us.
"We pray that there will be an end to this bloodshed," Bishop Burns said. "We must remember that we are all children of God, the God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Only through the conversion of hearts will we ever know lasting peace."
Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us and with us.
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